Chapter 2

2 Weeks Later….

It had been two weeks since Castle told me that he was seeing a therapist to make himself a better husband. We went out to dinner with Lanie, Esposito, Jenny and Ryan. It was the old gang reuniting; But I didn't make eye contact with Esposito at all. I went to my doctor a week ago, to check if I was okay. He ran some test and told me that he will just give me a call; I've been vomiting a lot for the past two weeks, and I just think it was something I ate.

"Do you remember that case we had when the murderer was dressing up as a super hero?" Ryan asked, we all giggled and laughed. Castle kissed me, and I kissed him back. That's when my phone rang; I answered it, and it was my doctor on the other end of the line.

"Hello?" I said.

"Kate, its Doctor Brown."

"Hey, Doctor Brown… so, what's wrong with me?"

"Kate when was the last time you had your period?"

"Um… it's been weeks since, why?"

"Well Kate, you're pregnant. Congratulations!"

"I'm pregnant?" I said out loud. "How many weeks?"

"You're at least 3 weeks." I the said my goodbyes to the doctor before hanging up.

I was 3 weeks pregnant? It was Esposito's baby for sure, not Castle's; I didn't know what to do. In the background, I heard Castle say, "I'm having another kid!"

He kissed me once more, I didn't say a word. I excused myself to go outside, Castle held my hand, and I let go. I was pregnant with Esposito's baby. The worst part is that the fact that Lanie can't have a baby, her body just isn't capable of it. The best thing to do is tell Castle that I'm two weeks pregnant, not three. I'm going to keep this baby with Castle. We are going to raise him or her together. I stood outside and took a sip of water. This news was big for me, and when I saw Castle face lighting up, I just didn't know what to do. He was so happy; I remember when I told him that I was pregnant with Finn, and he was speechless. He went out and came back half an hour later, holding a teddy bear. He said that it was for the baby.

"Kate we need to talk." I heard Esposito's voice, I looked at him. Less than three weeks ago, we had an affair, we were in love. We had plans to run away together.

A year ago, Esposito invited me over for dinner. Castle didn't come and Lanie was visiting her parents, so we talked about the time when we would solve crimes together. Esposito was the new Captain now, and Lanie was the head medical examiner. He told me that Lanie wasn't able to have kids, but he wanted a child. I suggested adopting, IVF, etc. But he told me that their marriage was also falling apart, as was mine. One thing lead to another, and for the next few months, we went out every Friday or weekend to spend time together. Neither Lanie nor Castle seemed to care.

"What do you want?" I asked him. This is the first time we had talked in three weeks. I knew he was going to talk about the pregnancy.

"Kate what happened to you? We had big plans, we were in love! Then out of the blue you ended it just because you're still in love with your husband!"

"You're my best friend's, husband. I just can't do this to her," I said.

"Is this what you want to do? Just forget about everything that has happened? You're pregnant with my kid. You and I both know that is my child, not Rick's; you and I have made love a lot. But what about you and him? Once since Christmas, maybe when April died!"

"Just shut the hell up, Javier! I want you to understand that I'm going to work things out with Castle, I made vows with him. And I'm going to keep to them, as should you. Lanie needs you."

"I need you Kate, I love you. Lanie's not even capable of giving me a child Kate, but you are, you're having my first child. She can't give me what I want!"

"Javier, please stop… I don't want to do this. Just leave me alone. Leave me and Rick alone. Understand?"